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Reflection Of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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It was the year 1942. Hitler was in power, the world was falling apart. All the Jews were taken out of their homes, forced to stop their businesses and lives they had built all because they weren't considered the “perfect human”. The film “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” (Heyman & Herman, 2008) is made in the perspective of 8 year old Bruno whose father was an SS German soldier. Bruno doesn't understand what his father does, but is told by many that he is making the world a better place. Bruno’s father, Ralph, brings his family with him when he is assigned a new job in the war. What his family doesn’t know is that their dad runs the Auschwitz concentration camp, the death camp. Bruno is the only one that can get a slight glimpse of the camp through the window of his room. In his young mind he is convinced the camp is a farm and decides to go and explore to play with the children who live there. To confuse Bruno even more he is told not to venture behind the house only making his curiosity grow stronger. Waiting for the perfect moment he sneaks off to the back and befriends an 8 year old Jewish boy named Shmuel (Shmoo-ell) (Heyman & Herman, 2008).
Looking through the eyes of 8 year old Bruno, the incredible movie “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” shows that while living in the midst of inhumane events, innocence is a barrier between reality. Showing this barrier is important because it helps one understand how something like the holocaust could happen. Before being corrupted

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